This WA parliamentary question seeks information regarding the historical inclusion and subsequent deletion of a proposed Roe Highway extension through South Fremantle and the Fremantle West End from the Metropolitan Region Scheme.

AnsweredQoN 1242Legislative Council
Asked
11 September 2003
Portfolio
Planning and Infrastructure

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In relation to the former plan to bring the Roe Highway west through South Fremantle and the Fremantle West End -
(1) When was this proposed Roe Highway extension deleted from the Metropolitan Region Scheme?
(2) When was this proposed highway extension initially included in the Metropolitan Region Scheme?
(3) Why was this Roe Highway extension originally included in the Metropolitan Region Scheme?
(4) Why was this Roe Highway extension through South Fremantle and the Fremantle West End deleted from the Metropolitan Region Scheme?

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Answered
17 October 2003
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure
Response time
36 days
(2) 1963 (3) It was included as part of the Fremantle-Midland Junction Highway that was proposed in the Stephenson and Hepburn plan; the “Plan for the Metropolitan Region: Perth and Fremantle, Western Australia” (1955). (4) It was no longer considered appropriate to direct regional traffic and trucks along the foreshore and through the Fremantle town centre.
(2) 1963 (3) It was included as part of the Fremantle-Midland Junction Highway that was proposed in the Stephenson and Hepburn plan; the “Plan for the Metropolitan Region: Perth and Fremantle, Western Australia” (1955). (4) It was no longer considered appropriate to direct regional traffic and trucks along the foreshore and through the Fremantle town centre.
(3) It was included as part of the Fremantle-Midland Junction Highway that was proposed in the Stephenson and Hepburn plan; the “Plan for the Metropolitan Region: Perth and Fremantle, Western Australia” (1955). (4) It was no longer considered appropriate to direct regional traffic and trucks along the foreshore and through the Fremantle town centre.
(3) It was included as part of the Fremantle-Midland Junction Highway that was proposed in the Stephenson and Hepburn plan; the “Plan for the Metropolitan Region: Perth and Fremantle, Western Australia” (1955). (4) It was no longer considered appropriate to direct regional traffic and trucks along the foreshore and through the Fremantle town centre.
(4) It was no longer considered appropriate to direct regional traffic and trucks along the foreshore and through the Fremantle town centre.
(4) It was no longer considered appropriate to direct regional traffic and trucks along the foreshore and through the Fremantle town centre.

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